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condisco, to learn well, learn thoroughly

con-disco, dĭdĭci, 3, v. a. *
  • To learn with or in company with one: ex his, qui mihi Athenis condidicere, Ap. Flor. 3, n. 18, p. 362, 8.—
  • II To learn carefully, eagerly, or well, to learn thoroughly (rare but class. in prose and poetry).
          • α With acc.: modos, Hor. C. 4, 11, 34: crimen a teneris annis, Ov. H. 4, 25: genera plausuum, * Suet. Ner. 20: pacem oculis, Sil. 7, 462.—Far more freq.,
          • β With inf.: ego istuc aliis dare condidici, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 34 (938): merum bibere, id. Curc. 1, 3, 4 (161); 4, 3, 2 (534); id. Poen. 3, 1, 11 (514): mihi paulo diligentius supplicare, Cic. Planc. 5, 13; * Quint. 1, 9, 2: foris pasci, Col. 7, 3, 19: pauperiem pati, Hor. C. 3, 2, 3.—*
          • γ With a relative-clause: condiscere qui pecuniae fructus esset, Cic. Quint. 3, 12.—
    • B Transf., of inanim. subjects: ut (flagellum) paulatim condiscat suis radicibus ali, Col. 4, 15, 3; so id. 3, 10, 16; Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 24.

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